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Terrarium Notes
On
Marbled Salamander RUTH BERNICE BREDER
the
Marbled Salamander
Photographs by
The interesting specimen of the marbled salamander. Aiublystoiiia opacum, on which these notes were made was taken September 6th, 1920, midway between the Ohio and Chesapeake Canal and
the
Potomac
River,
about
three
R.
W.
Shufeldt,
miles above Cabin John.
M. D.
Maryland.
It
from general appearances a verv healthy and sturdy specimen and lieautifully marked. It agrees with the specidescribed by Dr. men Shufeldt (Aquatic Life. \'o1. II. pp. 113-114).
was
Aquatic
125
JLitt
did not observe that any were eaten.
;aquatic JLxtt Vol.
V
December, 1920
No. 12
An
international monthly magazine devoted to the study, care tnd breeding of flshes and other animals and ijlants in the liome a tiuarium and terrarium.
POYSER. F. R. M. JOSEPH E. BAUSMAN W.
A.
S.,
632 East Girard Avenue
EDITOR PUBLISHER Philadelphia
The salamander would sit the day long peeping from under the pan of water, appearing to be watching the movements of an eel in the adjoining jar, the obser-
vation of which suggested that
be
November
i8th
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Entered
it
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whose excellent photograph is reproduced herewith. The specimen was found in a dense woodland at the edge of a small rain pool ahout four feet in diameter, and was hiding under a bit of
wood scarcely large The sky was overcast
enough to cover it. and rain had been falling for about two hours, it being noon when the specimen was taken. On September iith it was placed in a cylindrical jar. 14 inches high, and 15 inches in diameter, a vivarium which also contained two young box tortoises (134
inches),
a
])ainted
inches), and a snake
(
turtle
17 inches).
(i>4
The
was Htted with al)out two inches of leaf mold from the woods, a pan of water about 4 inches in diameter and ])lants such as sjjoited wintergreen and wanjar
dering jew.
Some
were offered
at this time, but the writer
red plant
lice,
aphids,
appeared to be
On
dition.
to
of
to
the
apparently being in a state
when
,
still
14th
was seen
of hibernation, but once night
might
it
From September
hungry.
seen at
in perfect con-
the latter date
it
was moved
(10 inches high by 8
a smaller jar
inches in diameter), with a small Ple-
This jar
thodon, a long-tailed species.
was thought
to present
more favorable
conditions, containing dead leaves, pieces
of
bark and twigs, smooth stones and
about half an inch of water.
From
this
time on both specimens have been out
and about continually, and since November 25th out every night, often with a
moon full upon them. From November 29th to January 8th, 1 921, the Amblystoma would sit sheltered under bright
the piece of bark with at least half of
body exposed, and the writer took from this that the salamander finding it-
its
undisturbed
self
by the
prowlings of
other animals had no desire to hide.
The
former belief that they desired to hibernate would thus be unfounded. On December ist the salamander ate three meal worms in rapid succession. These were almost one-third its length, which at this time was 4J/4 inches. At
game" an interesting happened. The long-tailed individual attempted to eat one of the meal this
"stage of the
thing
worms, but the worm was too large for and the marbled salamander apparently becoming angry snapped at the Pleit,
thodon, catching
hold
of
a
leg.
The
"long-tail" retaliated, but then the writer
interferred and the disi)osed
worm was
quickly
of by the larger of the two.
Neither specimen had been observed to
{Concluded nn page I2/)
North American
FisKes
IV. niie Mackerel (Scomber scombrus)
W. SHUFELDT, M.
R,
Most
authoritative
on
writers
our
mackerels and their
fishes associate the
D., C.
a food ful in
U.
fish, or,
Z. S.
of
its class,
form and coloration
more
l>eauti-
llian the Cr;iii-
nearest alHes in a group, Scombroidei, relegating the true mackerels to the fam-
Scombridae,
ily
which
in
the
typical
mackerels constitute the genus Scomber. At the time Jordan and Evermann published their "Fishes of
there were but
two
North America,"
species of mackerels
representing the genus Scomber; these were the Common mackerel (Scomber scombrus) the subject of the present article and the Chub mackerel (5.
—
—
colias)
This latter
.
a fish of
is
many
tribution, occurring in
wide
dis-
places in the
New as well as in the Old World. Although smaller than and inferior to our Common and
mackerel,
is,
it
nevertheless, a
considerable economic importance,
fish of
known by
is
it
many
vernacular
names.
Common
Linnaeus gave the
name
its
mackerel
Scomber scombrus; but it is possible that modern ichthyologists
quite
of
have changed
it
present article
since
The
for the species. is
—
one
at least the
cut illustrating the
a reproduction
from
a
photograph of a market specimen by the writer, and reduced about two-thirds. This
Common
mackerel lacks an
air-
bladder; possesses eleven or twelve dorsal
and
spines,
median
is
line of the
silvery
body.
below
On
the
the other
hand, the Chub mackerel has an air-bladder,
and but nine 6r ten dorsal
with the sides below the median the adult
There better
fish, is
no
known
;
more or fish
spines, line,
in
mon
less mottled.
in the
world that
more extensivelv used
is
as
mackerel.
It
is
enter into the details of acters
here,
as
thev
not its
are
necessary to external char-
verv
clearlv
aquatic
127
shown for
accompanying cut; and, as
in the
general anatomy, that
its
much
a large
is
mtt On
another worm.
worm
January 8th
almost half as long as
need of treatment and at the hands of the comparative anatEven when Jordan and Everomist. mann issued their great work on the
ing a difficult task to swallow
"Fishes of North America," they were quite at a loss to present the exact rela-
perature.
subject, one
tions of
in
some of the
fishes
supposed
The
be related to the Scombroidci.
to re-
were not known, and for the reason that the anatomy of the forms in question was not known. lationships
All the mackerels are carnivorous by nature, and the few species in the genus are of wide distribution. for food by
man
They
are sought
world and as they generally
in all parts of ihe
where they occur swim in immense
;
An
is
dividuals have been in a state of semitorpidity,
a very old term for a mackerel.
averages about i8 or
length.
They
Common
extremely
are
spe-
19 inches in
abundant
on both coasts of the Atlantic, ranging southward to Cape Hatteras on our side, and to Spain in Europe.
Marbled Salamander {Concluded from page 12^)
The following day offered worms was Amblystoma the December 3rd a On refused. again and in placed was stunned, half housefly, eat prior to this time.
front of this
salamander and was im-
mediately accepted.
On December
5th the
day, but the next
salamander was out two days it remained under cover. Then feeding it came back to its old ]jlace of offered a (a smrjoth stone j and was all
meal it,
worm
i
;>4
inches long InU refused
taking another 1^4 inches.
During the two weeks following it was unavoidably neglected, but at tbe end of the period
due
to
sudden changes
At no time during
in
tem-
the
day
was temperature lower than 57 degrees, recorded
Fahrenheit,
but during the night
vivarium,
the
in
no doubt
it
fell
con-
These
siderably due to open windows.
salamanders have been in continuous good health ever since they were taken. Altogether they have made decidedly picturesque as well as interesting pets and are quite tame, coming up to the stone upon which they are usually fed and showing other evidences of intelligence.
schools, they are fre-
adult specimen of the
cies
hav-
From
it.
time of writing both in-
this date to the
quently taken in large numbers at a time. The word Scomber is from the Greek,
and
ate a
it
itself,
it
quickK* fHs])osed of
News Notes The Reading Aquarium annual duck dinner
its
the
Society gave
connection with
meeting and exhibition
regular
December. hibited
in
competition
in
for
in
were
ex-
prizes,
the
Black telescopes
being awarded to Mr. Kershner, the second to Mr. Hepler, and the third to first
Hermansader. At the annual meeting waukee Aquarium Society Air.
of
the
the
Alil-
follow-
ing officers were elected for the ensuing
year:
President,
Carl Bauer
;
Henry
O.
Bossert
W.
R. White; treasurer, recording secretary, W. O.
vice-president,
Bechor corresponding secretary, H. A. Fechtmeyer Custodian, L. Koszolka librarian, Jacob Merget. During the latter part of May the Chicago Aquarium Society will have a pubThe lic exhibition in the Art Institute. exhibits will be arranged to emphasize the nature-study idea, and in other ways from the average "aquarium de]xirt show." ;
;
Hugo
C. Nelles has again been elected
l)resident
of
the
Ridgewood Aquarium
vSociety, a tribute to his efforts to
afiuarian
interests.
advance
An
Australian CatfisK HERBERT U. HALE South Australian
Museum
129
Siquatic
dorsal fins are
armed and even small ex-
amples, but an inch or two in length
;
can
One
catfishes
lows
member
of our society, the president, as
ing tin containing several
and
straightway
in a collect-
little
received
a
demonstration of the
efficacy
W'capons of defense.
The
jagged punctures
some hours
for
;
of
although
form
painfully species
this
does not possess poison sacs at the bases of
American the mvicous secreted from the
spines as do
its
catfishes,
some of
the
The
skin possibly acts as an irritant.
front of each pectoral fin
spine in
fits
into a curious basal socket, so modified
that
twist
a
member
of the erected
.
these
spines
which ache
over the eggs
practical
uncomfortable
happened, placed his hand
group one of the pro-
habits, for in this
genitors usually watches
and young. Our catfish builds a nest, which has been described by Mr. David G. Stead, Naturalist to the Board of Fisheries for New South Wales, as fol-
wounds.
inflict
it
Hit
is
:
"This species possesses the interesting-
forming a mound or nest in which to deposit its eggs. The nest is formed either of sandy grit or pebbles habit of
(if the latter
are available)
at least three
;
and
the process of incubation
it
often
is
During
feet in diameter.
jealously
is
guarded by one or other of the parents. In regard to the formation of the nest,
one
man who had been
fishing for
years on some of the western
many
rivers of
which position they remain even after death. To predaceous
New South Wales, informed me that he had seen the fishes carrying pebbles in their mouths to the desired spot. Others state that the mound is formed by a simple fanning motion of the tail this
brethren this renders the catfish an un-
fanning also tends to dislodge the more
comfortable meal
minute
analogous
screw
turn of a
in result to a half
a thread
in
;
the fish
is
thus en-
abled to lock these spines at right angles to the body, in
for
the
spikes
rigid
pierce the stomach or throat of an agres-
sor
;
the
known
wounds thus
inflicted
to cause the death of
have been
water birds
Cormorants and Pelicans.
such as
Catfishes derive their
popular
from the presence of the barbels or
;
and so leave the coarser
particles,
behind
particles
the nest."
It
the
for
formation
both sexes seem to unite in the subse-
quent attendance on the nest
name
which
in
the ova are deposited.
"feel-
Tandanus
taiidaniis
is
called
"Pamori"
ers" around the mouth, these having a
by the aboriginals and was
fancied resemblance to the whiskers of
largely utilized as food by them.
a feline.
In the species illustrated they
are eight in number, four below the chin,
one
at
each corner of the mouth and two
is
much
darker, being a
dering disconsolately over the bottom of
Ijrown
;
tactile
is
obvious that these arc
organs, and as
such
must
ijc
a
in
l)oth
oi^alescent.
As
our
mottled
cases the is
fresh-water
usual with
fishes
the
monize with new surroundings.
of
the
Neiiiatoynathi
(
is
most of
intensity
murky waters
is
reddish
abdomen
the coloring
species
Full
from the main stream are
great asset in the depths of the nsuallv
of the Murray. .Mjout 1200
one time
olive with lighter mottlings, but adult
fishes taken
it
at
grown examples measure about two feet The color of the young in total length.
on the upper surface of the snout. After watching a newly introduced fish wanan aquarium,
of
has also been noted that
of
rapidly adjusted to har-
thread-
jaw j have been described, the majority of them being confined to fresh water.
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